H E A LT H Y L I V I N G
Reema Alkhorayef A mother inspired by her own children, Reem founded Ain AlFaras, an educational center for children with special needs.
60 DESTINATION RIYADH AUGUST 2015
By Johara Al Mogbel
Can you tell us a little about yourself?
I majored in nutrition, and I’m a graduate of King Saudi University. I was going to continue my masters in nutrition, but then I got married and came back to Riyadh. I then worked for a year at Riyadh Bank as the branch manager.
Mansour during a fashion shoot.
What were your experiences like before Ain Alfaras?
When I got pregnant with Mansour in 2002, I was in Switzerland, and they told me he was going to be born with a condition. They said he had XYY syndrome, that he would have a low IQ, and that he’d have delayed development. We stayed in Switzerland for six months after he was born to work with the doctors on his development, and when
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Activity at the center.